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Phenomenal WOMAN
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a model's fashion size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips
The stride of my steps
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please
And to a man
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees
Then they swarm around me
A hive of honey bees.
I say
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth
The swing of my waist
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say
It's in the arch of my back
The sun of my smile
The ride of my breasts
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say
It's in the click of my heels
The bend of my hair
The palm of my hand
The need for my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally
Phenomenal woman
That's me
I think I was never born
just fried
I think I was never born
Mom just lied
I think I was never born
layed like that rotten egg
I think I was never born
just floated down
like a flake of snow
I think I was never born
burst free from a cocoon
Gizmo's Cabin
a mile up the way
open just for today
to pay your respects
she is gone
passed away just yesterday
she lived as tho she could live forever
and so I did
no reason to cry
I can look "death"square in the eye
much to say much to do
plant her six feet under
burn her put her in an Earn
build her a pine box
cut off and save one of her locks
its all in the DNA
she passed away just yesterday
Barbara
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